RAHA
Director: Mohammad Mozafari
Cast: Rashin Didandeh, Mehdi Bajestani
Behi Djanati Atai, Masood Khan
D.O.P: Hashir Rasheed Editor : Mohammad Mozafari
Sound: Dibyansh Bdr. Singh, Music : Vishnu. K
Partners:
Prague Film Institute (Czech–Republic)
CNC – Region Île-de-France
Coproduction: Sarina Films (Iran)
Roudan Pictures (Czech-Republic)
Synopsis:
A young Iranian woman is detained inside a rigid and unforgiving prison system, accused of a crime she did not commit. Pressured by an authoritarian officer to sign a fabricated confession, she faces escalating threats, isolation, and psychological torment. As the system closes in and the cost of resistance grows heavier each day, she must decide whether to surrender to a lie that could save her life or hold on to the truth and risk an irreversible fate.
Links: Allociné – UniFrance – IMDB
License no: 161.316
Year: 2025
Language: Persian
Genre: Drama
Duration: 17 min – Short
Shooting Format: Digital
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Country of Production:
France, Iran, Czech-Republic
Teaser
Canberra Short Film Festival, 2025 – Official Selection
Yellowstone International Film Festival, 2025 – Official Selection
Chaktomuk Short Film Festival, 2025 – Finalist
Goa Short Film Festival, 2025 – Official Selection
Mamers en Mars Film Festiva, 2026 – Official Selection
Director
MOHAMMAD MOZAFARI
Biography
Mohammad Mozafari is an Iranian film director and producer, as well as the founder of Roudan Pictures. He was born in 1989 in Doha, Qatar.
In 2011, he moved to Southeast Asia for his studies, and in 2016, after meeting numerous filmmakers, he embarked on a cinematic career. He directed and produced his debut short film titled “Journey to the Darkness” in collaboration with an Indonesian production. It was during this time that he established Roudan Pictures.
Following the success of his first film, which was selected in film festivals worldwide, he delved further into independent cinema by producing short films and a feature-length film. He also serves as a jury member in several film festivals. Currently based in Paris, France.
His latest short film project titled “Raha,” the story of which is set in Iran, his country of origin.
Filmography
RAHA
2025 – Fiction – 17min – France, Iran, Czech-Republic– Director
THE PLAGUE
2020 – Fiction – 71min – Indonesia – Producer
THE BLANK HORIZON
2020 – Fiction – 19min – Indonesia – Producer
THE WASTE ON THE HILLS
2020 – Fiction – 20min – Indonesia – Producer
ONE WAY
2019 – Fiction – 6min – Indonesia – Producer
A GLASS OF A BITTER COFFEE
2019 – Fiction – 10min – Indonesia – Producer
THE PLAYGROUND
2019- Fiction – 6 mn – Indonesia – Producer
THE LAST SHOW
2019 – Fiction – 10min – Indonesia – Producer
EARLY RINGS
2019 – Fiction – 7min – Indonesia – Producer
ONCE UPON A TIME IN YOGYAKARTA
2018 – Fiction – 13min – Indonesia – Producer
JOURNEY TO THE DARKNESS
2017- Fiction – 20 mn – Iran, Indonsia – Director